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THE COOS BAY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1908.
No. 10
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LUMBER
ORTR BEND
SOON BE IN OPERATION
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THREE ARE KILLEOlilN
OREGON RAILWAY WRECK
11
M Will
Derailment of Train Near For
est Grove Results in Dread
ful Disaster.
Twenty-Three Are Injured One
Very Serious in Awful
Accident.
Broken Rail Throws Train
From Bridge on Small
Trestle.
(SDecial to Times.)
FOREST GROVE, Ore., Feb.
12. Three were killed and
twenty-three were injured, one
very .seriously, by (ho derail-
nient of the Sheridan Local on
u short trestle bridge about
three-fourths of n mile west of
this city at 0 o'clock last night.
The dead arc:
Mrs. Edwnid Hates and live
months old daughter, of Forest
Grove.
J. A. McDonald, of McMinn-
ville.
Mrs. J. If. Drown, aged CO, of
Sheridan, badly crushed.
Tho accident resulted from a
broken rail.
Tnjiireil Doing Well.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. Of tho
twenty-five persons injured in last
flight's fatal wreck on the Southern
Pacific, the Sheridan local near For
est Grove, all but Mrs. J. Brown are
doing well. It is believed that no
further deaths will result. Mrs.
Brown Is suffering considerably, but
tho. physicians believe she will pull
through.
TO PARTICULATE IX EXPOSITION
Senate Passes Dill Appropriating
$.'i50,t)U0 For tho Tokio Fair.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. A bill
appropriating $350,000 for the
participation by United States In the
International Exposition in Tokio in
1002 passed the senate today.
ARE THE JAPANESE
NEGOTIATING LOAN?
Impossible to Confirm Rumors Tliat
Jnps Are Trying to Strengthen
Evchequer.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 12. It is impossible
to confirm the reports that the Jap
anese government is trying to float
a loan in Paris.
TELEGRAPH MAX DIES.
Olio of the Rest Known Western
Union Men Passes Away In
Portland.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Feb. 12. Charles
Anson, local traffic chief of tho
Western Union and one of tho best
. U.J
known operators In tne
States, died early, today from a stroke
of apoplexy.
RUFFS ATTORNEYS U
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. Aft
er Henry Ach, counsel ior Abo Reuf,
spent tho entiro morning in
Judge Lawlor's court arguing for a
Tacatlon ot Reut's arraignment on
"United Railway's troiley franchise
Indictments, Assistant District At
torney Frances J. Hone declaind
there was not a slugl allegation
of fact in tho affidavit ot Rnef with
Mickey haa an extra fine com
bination billiard and poo! table. If
interested write or call. O. B. Mlck
4ST, Nortk Denfl, Ore. , ,
ARE BOILED IN
LipiTAL
Fearful Fate of Men in Pen
nslyvania Blast Fur
, nace.
TWO FATALLY INJURED
Eplosioit He-leases Fifty Tons of
Molten Metal With Frightful
Results T elvo Injured.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG, Fob. 12. A dozen
men were burned, two fatally, in a
terrific explosion of molten steel at
the Monongahela blast furnace of the
National Tube Company at McKces
port today. Fifty tons of liquid met
al were released by an explosion
which broke all the windows In the
plant for a radius of two blocks.
North Bend City Council Will
Confer With Aldermen of
This City.
The North Bend city council will
meet with the Marshfleld city council
in the city hall in Marshfleld to
morrow night to confer on matters of
mutual Interest to both municipali
ties. There are several matters that
will come up for consideration, the
most important probably being tho
new plank road between the two
cities. North Bend Is equally desir
ous with Marshfleld to promote this
commercial link and doubtless such
measures will be taken to insure its
early completion.
AN AUTO RACE FROM
NEW YORK TO PARIS
Machines Start From New' York in
Novel Contest Go Via ller
liing Straits.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Automo
biles started from Times Square at
11:15 this morning on a race to
Paris by way of Bohring Straits.
BURGLARIZE IJARRYMORE'S
APARTMENTS.
Noted Actress is Robbed of Cash and
Some Valuable Stones.
(By Associatdo Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Tho apart
ments of Ethel Barrymore were burg-
WILLIIEET II
1RSRFIELD
TTnlt.edlarlzed Sunday night. The thieves
secured $575, a string of opals and
other valuables.
TIGHT FOR RIS FREEDOM
roferqnce to his understanding with
tho prosecution for Immunity. It !s
apparent that the wholo matter will
bo threshed out in court preliminary
to tho actual trial to enablo tho court
to determine whether tho defendant
has any relief In law hecauso of
Reuf'a allocations that tho prosecu
tion and not ho broke the alleged
agreement. The matter waa con
tinned until Friday. ,
If you need anything in the
house furnishing line call on G. E.
Mickey, North Bend.
Try a Want Ad.
Interesting Personal Statemen t By Mr. C. A. Smith in Refer
ence to The Inauguration and Development of this
Important Factor in the Pacific Coast
Lumb er Trade!
IS BUILDING FOR
AS WELL
Present Conditions will not Affect the Plans Upon Which the
Mill Was Conceived Movement Already Insti
tuted for Reforestation of Coos Bay District.
tlh-4X
Tho magnificient new lumber
mill of the C. A. Smith Lumber and
Manufacturing Co., will commence
operations the latter part of this
week. It will be started arid con
tinue to operate on full time from
the first as rapidly as the machinery,
which is all new and made express
ly for this mill, can be adjusted.
This statement was made yesterday
by Mr. C. A. Smith personally in an
interview with a Times reporter.
"Tho general financial situation is
greatly Improved and normal con
ditions may be said to prevail In fi
nancial centers, or did when I left
Minneapolis recently," remarked C.
A. Smith, the head of the C. A.
Smith Lumber and Manufacturing
Co., to a Times reporter yesterday.
"I have not learned anything since
altering the situation. The occasion
al announcement of failures appear
ing In the papers may continue f&r
a time but they are the after effect
of the recent stringency and not the
cause of tho trouble."
A Times reporter found Mr. Smith,
head of the great lumber institu
tion, in the midst of his idols, if
one may bo permitted to speak In
hyperbole, and term those marvels
of modern mechanism, the automat
ic steel wood working machines,
idols. Ho was at the mill personally
inspecting the progress of what is
expected to be one of tho most mod
ern sawmills on the Paclfie coast If
not In the world.
"The lumber situation is improv
ing gradually," continued Mr. Smith,
"and I look for a continuation of
Improved conditions, although tho
price of lumber will not return to
former high figures soon. I antici
pate low prices on tho Pacific coast
for some time. In fact a year ago
I said to my hoys," Mr. Smith refers
to the heads of his executive force
kindly and affectionately as "my
boys," and It may in a measure ac
count for the high regard in which
ho is held by his men, "that within
two years lumber would sell at $10
per thousand in the San Francisco
market. We were then at tho flood
tide of production and prosperity.
and they could not understand such
a view. Lumber is now selling in
San Francisco for $11. per thousand
and only half tho period I named
has passed. Somo thought it poor
policy to commence tho construction
of a mill at a tlmo when I held such
views but I was not building for
immediate results but for tho fu
ture." In response to a question as to tho
effect this altered situation would
have on tho operation of tho Coos
Bay mill, Mr. Smith replied:
"It will effect it' in no mauner for
tho changed conditions wero antici
pated. There has been and will be
no change in my plans for the estab
lishment and development of this
industry on Cooa Boy. Altho this
nilll has been in actual construction
for only about a year, I havo been
building It for tho past six or seven
ycara It is part of my general plan
outlined several ye" asco. This
mill was not built or to
meet any temporary u& that
might seem to wai . immediate
profit. I am building for tho fu
ture as well as tho present and a
passing fluctuation in lumbor prices
cannot effect or embarrass Its op
eration. It has always been a pet
Idea of mine that industries should
FUTURE
AS THE PRESENT
bo conducted in a manner to con
serve all the forces enterlnglSrinto
their operation thus resulting in the
greatest possible economy not only
of time and labor but of material
also. In this conservation of the re
sources on which this mill Is found
ed my plan embraces tho matter of
reforestation of tho timber lands
that are now being drawn upon for
supplies to operate tho mill. 1 am
at present In communication with
the forestry department of the gov
ernment In relation to this matter
in tho Coos Bay district and expect
to havo two government experts
visit this section this .spring to make
a personal inspection of the situa
tion and conditions here and outline
a plan to meet these conditions. I
am not a speculator in timber or
timber lands and have never sold a
tree in its natural form in my life
altho having many offers at various
times. I am a manufacturer and
my plans are founded along this
line. The Coos Bay mill win be start
ed and operated exactly as origin
ally contemplated regardless of pres
ent conditions. There is certain to
Ire a continuous demand for lumber
altho it is not so great as when the
country was on tho crest wave of
prosperity and building operations
were conducted on an extensive
scale. The rebuilding of San Fran
clsco was also another element en
tering into tho Pacific coast condi
tions that must be considered in
their readjustment. I think, how
ever, that the lower prices of lum
ber will stimulate building opera
tions on tho coast and aid in im
proving tho situation. The yellow
pine sectibn of tho south has been a
tremendous factor in the lumber
trade of recent years but I think
they reached the limit of their pro
duction and importance last year.
Tho quantity of lumbor they will
supply the world will I think de
cline gradually from this time for
ward and will bo a contributing fact
or In the natural stimulus of the
lumber trado on tho coast. Tho
completion of tho Panama canal al
tho some years distant is also to bo
considered In any estimate of the fu
ture In reference to tho lumbor In
dustry, for tho time is coming when
the trado demand of tho Atlantic
states will be supplied from tho for
ests on the Pacific coast. This is
Bay mill was conceived and on
which It is built and is tho reason
why it will be started and operated
without regurd to disturbing con
ditions that aro only temporary."
During this Interview Mr. Smith
departed now and then from utter
ances intended for tlio '.public to
modestly mako personal reference to
the broad and really great scope of
his, plans for tho future. The growth
of the business and protecting its
permanency by reforestration. Tho
development of allied industries 'to
utllizo tho by-products of his mill but
which ho did not care to have made
pubjlc until conditions developed
that promised their early realization.
ITo thon branched into a discussion
of tho magnificient opportunities on
Coos Bay for tho development of a
city. It was tho sincere and earnest
talk of a big brained man whoso
views aro largo but practical. Who
sees tho great resources and tho pos
sibilities they contain. This state
ment properly bejongs in another ar
ticle which The Times hopes to pub
lish tomorrow.
SOLD HIS LIFE
AT
Mob Meets Its Match In De
termined Criminal Who
Fights Desperately.
FOUR MAY DIE OF WOUNDS
Taken From Jail to be Lynched Ho
Resists Vigorously and Injures
Ten of His Assailants.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. A dispatch
from Valdesta, Ga., to The Tribune
says that Jack Long, accused of kill-
Ing James Sapp across the Florida
line was taken from jail by fifty men
i who sought to lynch him. Long put
I up an awful fight wounding ten men
land forcing the others to kill him in
the fight. He was beaten to death
1 before he was finally hanged. Four
i members of the mob may die from
Injuries inflicted by Long.
Fifty English Women Raid
Hcuse of Commerce and
Go To Jail.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Feb. 12. Nearly ffifty
woman suffragists who raided tho
House of Commons yesterday were
arraigned today and sentenced to pay
a fine or one month's imprisonment.
Only two women paid the fine.
AGAIN RECOMMENDS REMOVAL.
Governor Hiiuhcs, New York, Wants
To Oust Otto Kclsey.
(By Associated Press.)
ALBANY, Feb. 11. Governor
Hughes renewed to tho senate his
recommendation that Otto Kelsey be
removed from tho office of state sup
erintendent of Insurance on tho
ground of incompetency. Last year
the senate refused by a vote of 2,1 to
24 to remove Keleey.
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OREGON TROST
i"-vt ;...
ATHLETES ARE NOT
GOOD SCHOLARS
Cornell University Drops Four Prom
lnent Athletes for Deficiencies
In Studies.
'(By Associated Press.)
ITHACA, Feb. 12. Arthur L.
Wlldgooso, Cornell's distance run
ner has been dropped for deficiency
In his studies. Cornell has lost four
other athletes In tlp past four weeks.
Walt and Lemoln being appointed in
structors and Townsend and Colpltts
dropped.
I
FOR A QUICK TURN
Corner lOOvllO on O streets
cleared mid graded splendid view
closo in best bargain cVt'r offered
in West Marshfleld.
I. S. KAUFMAN CO.
Across, from Chamber of Commerce.
Try a "Want Ad,
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FOR RIGHTS
Flffi S
City Council Unable To DecaSs
What Disposition fe
Make.
Saloon Men Protest Agaihss
$800 License Fee Want
Reduced to $600.
Alermen Will Try to Havs:
Marshfield Saloon Ordin
ance Changed.
The fate of North Bend salaams, sk,
still an eventuality. At a, iatnitrrai3i
council meeting last night, before aa.
capacity crowd that cheered. Ua m
echo speeches In favor ot "tAeju.
town it was voted to let the ordIxuucx
go over until the city council tauo.
conferred with tho Marshfleld. iwiat
with the object of trying; to. UBe.au;
upon it to reconstruct Marshfiiata.Tr
ordinance governing saloous Tuun-t
goes into effect Feb. 20, sw a&
make It equally as severe as thts -n
dlnance which has been drawn up u
the saloons of North Bend.
At tho meeting last night Attaiue
Derbyshire spoke for the legitm.v.
saloon interests. In substance. lu:
formed tho council that there wa u
objection to tho Dill being passeu
its entirety with the exception o ...
$S00 license. The saloon men .
that this should bo reduced to $C .
City Attorney McLeod spoke in fu
of the ordinance as It now stau
On a vote to decide as to whetlwu-
ordinance be accepted as It ttaatL.
be changed, two aldermen, Van
and Mandjgo voted for accepta
and the other four voted for re
tion. It was then decided to dra.
two separate ordinances; ouo
covor tho saloon fee, the other'
embody all points, with that esi
tion, of the present ordinance.. 1
tho general opinion that all of
aldermen are In favor of the or.
anc0 as it now stands.
Mayor Straw, when seen this af
noon, said that tho Marshfleld sal
ordlnanco woluld not be changed,
was drawn up after careful dellb
tion with a thought both to the t
fare of tho legitimate saloon ravi
this city and to tho municlpalltj
self.
Friday night the North Bend c
ell will havo a speclar meetiiv.
which time decisive action will
taken. It Is said that thero
three factions in the present fit
tho "wldc-opens," the "tights,"
the "semi-tights." For tho ber
of those not familiar tho proposed
loon ordlnanco In North Bend 1
vldes, besides the $.800 fee, thar
liquor establishments shall close
midnight, and reopen not ea
than C o'clock In the- morning; fi
midnight Saturday to 5- o'clock A'
day moru'ng.
u mjimumit
AND SAV
IN PORTLI
Has Been Merged Wi'tri G,
man-American Bank, of
That Place
Starts Business Witfp ?M
, Capital of $400,000 am
Good Prospects.-
Forty Depositors- Are Fit L
When Receiving Tellers.'
Windows Open.
(By Associated Prebs.)
PORTLAND, Feb. 11, The C
gon Trust' and Savings Bank; xil
falluro occurred several months
reopened this morning under
namo of tho German Aim rican B
with -which tho bankrupt instltu'
has been merged with a paid
capital of $400,000.00. There
no qxcltomont Incident Ic tho or
Ing. About 40 depositors wore
line when tho receiving tellers c-
monced operations.,, ThQ wltudxb:
als were -lights.
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